http://www.cgiar.org A Global Agricultural Research Partnership Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:31:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.worldfishcenter.org/press-release/improved-breeding-of-nile-tilapia-leads-to-productivity-gains http://www.worldfishcenter.org/press-release/improved-breeding-of-nile-tilapia-leads-to-productivity-gains#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:54:14 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=412611 Two improved strains of Nile Tilapia that grow 30% faster and heavier than non-improved strains are helping to increase aquaculture productivity and food security in West Africa and Egypt. WorldFish has been working with partners on two breeding progra...]]> http://www.worldfishcenter.org/press-release/improved-breeding-of-nile-tilapia-leads-to-productivity-gains/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8229178044/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8229178044/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:36:10 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=410979 WorldFish posted a photo: Rehabilitating livelihoods following natural disasters bit.ly/HlQc8N ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8229178044/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8226644732/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8226644732/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:36:05 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=410981 WorldFish posted a photo: Waste not Want Not: Spreading affordable Integrated Agriculture- Aquaculture in Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa bit.ly/10Tvf0a ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8226644732/feed/ 0 http://www.worldfishcenter.org/about-us/job-opportunities/country-communications-officer http://www.worldfishcenter.org/about-us/job-opportunities/country-communications-officer#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:24:04 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=408938 http://www.worldfishcenter.org/about-us/job-opportunities/country-communications-officer/feed/ 0 http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resources/publications/genetic-improvement-Israeli-blue-tilapia-reochromis-aureus-through-selective-breeding-harvest-weight http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resources/publications/genetic-improvement-Israeli-blue-tilapia-reochromis-aureus-through-selective-breeding-harvest-weight#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:24:20 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=401374 Genetic parameters and selection responses were obtained for harvest body weight of blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) from data collected over three generations in a selected population. A total of 18,194 records representing 186 sires and 201 dams wer...]]> http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resources/publications/genetic-improvement-Israeli-blue-tilapia-reochromis-aureus-through-selective-breeding-harvest-weight/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8205116464/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8205116464/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:31:13 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=397154 WorldFish posted a photo: A Bangladeshi mother feeding her children nutrient-rich small fish, mola and leafy vegetables. WorldFish focal area: Nutrition and health bit.ly/yc41am ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8205116464/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8199326986/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8199326986/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:46:15 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=396740 WorldFish posted a photo: Giving Bangladesh’s shrimp sector a competitive edge. bit.ly/pWg5U8 ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8199326986/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8199295850/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8199295850/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:19:57 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=396738 WorldFish posted a photo: A worker tends to rice paddies in Aceh, Indonesia. bit.ly/OHncLZ ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8199295850/feed/ 0 http://www.worldfishcenter.org/news-events/at-least-one-third-of-marine-species-remain-undescribed http://www.worldfishcenter.org/news-events/at-least-one-third-of-marine-species-remain-undescribed#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:07:49 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=389828 At least one-third of the species that inhabit the world’s oceans may remain completely unknown to science. That’s despite the fact that more species have been described in the last decade than in any previous one, according to a report published o...]]> http://www.worldfishcenter.org/news-events/at-least-one-third-of-marine-species-remain-undescribed/feed/ 0 http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resources/publications/magnitude-global-marine-species-diversity http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resources/publications/magnitude-global-marine-species-diversity#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:35:58 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=389821 The question of how many marine species exist is important because it provides a metric for how much we do and do not know about life in the oceans. We have compiled the first register of the marine species of the world and used this baseline to estima...]]> http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resources/publications/magnitude-global-marine-species-diversity/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8188929555/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8188929555/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:49:36 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=393476 WorldFish posted a photo: Encircling gill net used by fishers in Barangay Binga, San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines. Photo by Mary Aileen M delas Alas, 2011. ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8188929555/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8188917979/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8188917979/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:49:35 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=396742 WorldFish posted a photo: Aquaculture in the Philippines: Building the future. bit.ly/UOgh5p ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8188917979/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8188882989/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8188882989/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:49:34 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=396744 WorldFish posted a photo: Aquaculture in the Philippines: Building the future. bit.ly/UOgh5p ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8188882989/feed/ 0 http://www.worldfishcenter.org/about-us/job-opportunities/research-coordinator-phnom-penh http://www.worldfishcenter.org/about-us/job-opportunities/research-coordinator-phnom-penh#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:55:39 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=388605 http://www.worldfishcenter.org/about-us/job-opportunities/research-coordinator-phnom-penh/feed/ 0 http://www.worldfishcenter.org/about-us/job-opportunities/crp-national-coordinator-phnom-penh http://www.worldfishcenter.org/about-us/job-opportunities/crp-national-coordinator-phnom-penh#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:49:00 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=388603 http://www.worldfishcenter.org/about-us/job-opportunities/crp-national-coordinator-phnom-penh/feed/ 0 http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resources/publications/aquacultures-unrealised-potential-asareca-funded-partnership-learning-programme-fisheries-sector http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resources/publications/aquacultures-unrealised-potential-asareca-funded-partnership-learning-programme-fisheries-sector#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:06:06 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=387384 The potential of aquaculture to reduce poverty and hunger has been recognised in Africa. However, growth in the sector has been limited up-to-now, providing less than 2% of total fish production. In Eastern and Central Africa, the slow growth has been ...]]> http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resources/publications/aquacultures-unrealised-potential-asareca-funded-partnership-learning-programme-fisheries-sector/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8183968720/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8183968720/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:49:46 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=393483 WorldFish posted a photo: Tonle Sap River, Cambodia. Photo by Patrick Dugan, 2010. ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8183968720/feed/ 0 http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resources/publications/profitabilit-small-scale-fisheries-elmina-ghana http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resources/publications/profitabilit-small-scale-fisheries-elmina-ghana#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:30:21 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=387325 In order to achieve sustainable fishing livelihoods in coastal communities, data on profitability of small-scale fisheries relative to fish species caught and gear types used by fishermen is required as part of a broader fisheries management strategy. ...]]> http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resources/publications/profitabilit-small-scale-fisheries-elmina-ghana/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8168870509/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8168870509/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:28:34 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=393490 WorldFish posted a photo: A roadside fish stall in Aceh, Indonesia. Photo by Mike Lusmore, 2012. ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8168870509/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8168815153/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8168815153/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:00:42 +0000 WorldFish http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=393492 WorldFish posted a photo: A farmer sells his fish by candlelight outside of the main night fish market in Khulna, Bangladesh. Workshop on Promoting Fisheries activities at Khulna. bit.ly/MT4WQF ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldfishcenter/8168815153/feed/ 0